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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 23m

Fascinating to discover how many of you have lifestyles, unimaginable to me, where you need more than one (ten year old, still half full) bottle of vanilla extract. (I don't really bake so...)

Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 4h

For reasons I’ve ended up with a bunch of vodka minis that i’ll never drink. Other than penne a la vodka, are there any dishes you make that can use this spirit? Please, only reply if you’ve a specific dish name or recipe, I cannot do cooking based on vibes or food-genre suggestions w/out specifics

Two miniature bottles of vodka, one absolut one smirnoff, resting on a schwepps tonic carton

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 7h

OK so tesco locally isn't offering covid stand-alone (I already have my flu booked in so don't want both). Has anyone in the Birmingham area not eligible for NHS treatment got the covid vacc for <£90? A lot of indie pharmacies are hinting it's cheaper but not advertising price online....

Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 20h

I got vaxxed today at Tesco. Tesco! Walked past some broccoli and some crème fraiche and some pork pies and some bread and biscuits and booze and kitchen roll, and into a small room where some dude stuck two needles in my arm in exchange for money and then I bought some ice cream and went home.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 4h

Oh that’s genius, I’m absolutely trying that.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 4h

Fascinating! I’m pretty good at pastry & have never seen a recipe with vodka in…

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 4h

I already have! That’s why I’m asking for cooking recipes, I’ve made all the flavoured/syrup stuff i can ever need.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 4h

For reasons I’ve ended up with a bunch of vodka minis that i’ll never drink. Other than penne a la vodka, are there any dishes you make that can use this spirit? Please, only reply if you’ve a specific dish name or recipe, I cannot do cooking based on vibes or food-genre suggestions w/out specifics

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 5h

I assumed horrible goose...

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 6h

I can't do that, as I said in the post.

Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 7h

yeah, I've been trying the local pharmacies but none of them show prices until after you've booked - that's why I'm asking for specific local advice on the prices.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 7h

OK so tesco locally isn't offering covid stand-alone (I already have my flu booked in so don't want both). Has anyone in the Birmingham area not eligible for NHS treatment got the covid vacc for <£90? A lot of indie pharmacies are hinting it's cheaper but not advertising price online....

Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 20h

I got vaxxed today at Tesco. Tesco! Walked past some broccoli and some crème fraiche and some pork pies and some bread and biscuits and booze and kitchen roll, and into a small room where some dude stuck two needles in my arm in exchange for money and then I bought some ice cream and went home.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 7h

Interesting, we can't get the covid separately locally, only the bundle of both.

Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 8h

This and the rat-at-al jazera post… once someone ignores comments telling them it’s fake they’re showing who they are. Do block, but you should also report as misinformation to bsky’s mod service first.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 8h

Looks like another messy day on the trains but once again the disruption bot’s random image picker is providing a fascinating distraction. Where does it source its images and why….

UK National Rail Disruptions Bot @natrail-bot.bsky.social · 10h

Major disruption between ##London Liverpool Street and ##Shenfield expected until at least 10:00

National Rail Disruptions

Major disruption between #London Liverpool Street and #Shenfield expected until at least 10:00

www.nationalrail.co.uk

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Curlew Action @curlewaction.bsky.social · 1d

Today (date), the Slender-billed Curlew was declared extinct. The first bird extinction on mainland Europe in 500 years — on our watch. Extinction is final. No going back. Think about that.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 8h

I hd to zoom to get the 12. Is it me or is this a case if “one of these things doesn’t beling here”? 👨‍✈️

Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 8h

Particularly like this naming pattern: so here’s tall Ray, short Pete, bald Bob… and that is shit-head Steve.

Richard Fallon @richardfallon.bsky.social · 9h

Some dangerous snakes of Australia, helpfully indicated by Professor Frederick McCoy. Thanks, Professor!

1877 poster depicting a tiger snake, copper-headed snake, brown snake, black snake, and death adder, views of head and tail.

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 8h

@lizneeley.bsky.social's newsletter tonight: emails went out late on Friday notifying CDC workers that they had been laid off. "If the reporting is correct, the layoffs include nearly the entire staff of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report."

#histmed people will immediately know what this means.

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 20h

7 reasons why The Thing (1982) is a Christmas film:

1) snow
2) bearded men concealing surprises
3) compulsory party games
4) introverts shunning group activities
5) digestive issues
6) revellers bursting open to reveal partially assimilated canine lifeforms
7) knitwear

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 22h

The linens. the blue and gold bathroom.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 22h

Checking my 'great ideas' notes from the pub last night and the one new item is "Dr Butter's Boardroom Bones" - a velvet bag of scrying bones, for you to throw on the table and consult yourself every time a colleague says they "asked chatGPT and..."

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 23h

today's #Housegawp is "something for everyone", presumably
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

Check out this 16 bedroom detached house for sale on Rightmove

16 bedroom detached house for sale in Island Bank Road, Inverness, Highland, IV2 for £1,125,000. Marketed by Strutt and Parker, Inverness

www.rightmove.co.uk

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 23h

Throwing this into the #skystorians feed - chance to win what is sure to be an excellent book.

Conor Heffernan @physcstudy.bsky.social · 1d

To mark the release of my new book, When Fitness Went Global: The Rise of Physical Culture in the Nineteenth Century (Bloomsbury, 2025), I’m giving away a copy.

To enter:
💪 Repost
🌍 Comment with your favorite strength tradition

I’ll pick a winner next week.

#StrengthHeritage #SportHistory

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 1d

"Well it was nice while it lasted. We had an unprecedented 10 months of low and stable Covid levels in England - but this is now over. We are seeing a definite, significant wave of Covid infections across England."

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 1d

hey so I just this second realised that the big bad for pro-AI boosterism is of course fossil fuel companies who are supporting this tech because the obscene energy demands of data centres make their business remain viable. I am so slow; hat tip to whoever is writing this season of Humans:Extinction

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 1d

1000 reviews organised! that's an incredible contribution to the field.

Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 2d

I am please to announce that this is the 1000th review that I have facilitated for H-Environment! Thank you so much to all of the reviewers who make this position such a pleasure! #envhist #envhum #ecrocrit #envphil #aghist #oceanhist #conservation #sustainability #plantstudies #animalhist #energy 🏞️

Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 2d

Check out Jack Bouchard's review of "Oceanic Japan: The Archipelago in Pacific and Global History," edited by Stefan Huebner, Nadin Heé, Ian J. Miller, and William M. Tsutsui, published in 2024 by University of Hawai'i Press; now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

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